Ohio Tea at the 720 Market in Hartville and Tea Strainer Art

I made my first trip to a 720 Market event.  This one was Oct 5th in Hartville, Ohio.

720 Markets are so fun! Each month they are in a different city.  They have been around since 2016.

https://www.eventsby720.com/about/?ao=myaccordion&ai=1

I thought that the 720 Market was really well done and fun.  The vendors were good and the weather was perfect.  They had live music playing and it was a great vibe.

While was I was there I found my favorite tea people, Ohio Tea Co.  Can you see Kurt in the photo below.  I was taking a random photo of the street and there he was!!  LOL!  Terry is in the photo on the left in the blue shirt.

Here is Kurt, one half of Ohio Tea.  He and his father in law Terry own and run the store.  It was fun to run into them.  I told them I was headed to their store in Canton later in the day to buy some tea for my office.

Hartville had this building painted, I thought it looked great.  The artist, 

eyerusssss

, (https://www.instagram.com/eyerusssss/) did a great job.  I know I always say it, but I wish more businesses painted the brick walls with fun art.

Eyerusssss has painted in Canal Fulton, Umbrella Alley, and other places.

After Hartville and the 720 Market I headed to Canton to the Ohio Tea Company.

5154 Fulton Dr NW Canton, Ohio 44718

https://www.ohioteaco.com/

Look at all this tea!!!  Each month if you come in you can try a 1/2 ounce for free.  I love picking and trying new teas.  Sad thing is I like 95% of them!

I bought this sign.  Eva from Ohio Tea laughed, because when she bought it and actually thought of me!

While I was there I noticed that they had a new display.

They told me that a customer had made it for them.  I loved it.  It was made completely out of tea strainers.

I have a tea tree at home that I have ornaments and tea items on... and I realized I did have some tea strainers on my the tea tree.  I took them off and was very surprised to see how many I really did have. 

I wanted a giant one at the top like they had.  So, I did go on eBay and found a10 1/2 inch round stainless steel steep ball that I purchased.

I started with the 10 1/2 ball and then added the tea strainers from there. Since tea strainers come with chains and hooks it makes it very easy to connect them together.  I am sticking with all metal silver ones for my project. 

I think it looks pretty cool.  I don't plan on looking for more strainers, but if I happen to find some for a $1 or $2 then I may pick them up.  But, at this time I am happy with my tea strainer art.

                  

I added my strainer art to my plants in the window.  I think it is very fun.  It could also go outside and be a windchime as well.  But, for now I will keep it inside and see if add to it over the next few years.  I do have to keep it fairly high, so that cats can't reach it and pull it all down.                                                                       

Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!

                                          

Teh Rosella, the gift of tea and tea ware

A friend was cleaning and she said that she had some tea and tea items for me, if I wanted them. Sure, I do!!  I have a great collection of tea items for when I have my shop.

I made the tea from Bali.  It was like a black hibiscus tea.  It was very good iced.

For the past couple months I have been make a pitcher of tea every morning at work.  I take and steep the tea in my steeper.  Sometimes it is (5 tsp.) loose leaf tea, some times it is (5) tea bags.  I do like my iced tea to have a little sweetness to it, so I do add two sugar cubes to the steeping tea.

I add cold water and ice into the pitcher.

After the tea has steeped the appropriate amount of time I add the steeped tea into the iced water.

Black tea- 200+ degree water, steeped 10 minutes

My friend gave me two tea pots, two tea cups, a tea daily calendar, and some tea from Indonesia.

I was excited to see that one of the tea cups was from a sweet lady who I went to church with that is now with the Lord.  Likewise one of the teapots was from a lady who used to go to my church who is also now with the Lord.  It makes the tea items even more special to me.

Then another lady from my church came across these teapots in her sons' new house.  She asked if I wanted them.  You know the answer to that, I do!!  These are adorable clear glass teapots with a white tea recipe on them- these will be great for single serving teas.

Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!

Tulipan Chai Flight

I was in Wooster for the Woosterfest and while waiting for friends I decided to try the chai flight.

https://tulipanwooster.com/

122 S Market St, Wooster, Ohio 44691

It has been a while since I was in Tulipan.  But, it is a quaint little cafe right off the square in Wooster.  The shop opened in 2004, by Hungarian born Elizabeth Lakatos.  I was in the shop when she owned it.  So, I was excited to see what the new owners had done.

I was pleased to see it seemed a lot the same.   The glasses were full of beautiful pastries.  There were lots of fun choices and drink list was good.

                

                            Kifli is what is pictured on the right below.  There were three varieties- peach, cream 

cheese, and raspberries.  With the chai flights I got three chai drinks of my choice and two Kifli of my choice. 

The tea flight was $15 which I thought was pricey, but I wanted to try it out.

I was given a choice of 6 chai varieties. And I could have them iced or hot.  I went with iced.

They used Big Train Chai, which I am a fan of, so that was a plus.  I could tell right away that was the chai that was being used and the gal making the chai confirmed it was Big Train.

                                 

I am giving the flight four tea cups out of five, just for the price.

I know that the chai is a powdered mix that you just add water too and then do a squirt of flavoring- so I thought it was over priced.

I say it was over priced, but it was still good tasting and the staff was very friendly.  The store is clean was well as the restrooms.

The pastries were also fresh and delicious.

I would recommend this sweet cafe in Wooster.

                                

                    I ordered a London Fog to go, which was $4.85 and I thought it was a great price and super tasty.  It was made with Harney & Son Earl Grey, which I really enjoy too.

Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!
 

B's Deli, Pumpkin Chai

B's deli open just recently in the Heartland building and it is great news!
So excited that Heartland Point building is finally open!!  I hated to see it empty for so long.  But now we have a great deli in the building.  It is a great place to snag a sandwich and/or drink.

https://www.facebook.com/p/Bs-Deli-and-Cafe-61560299725720/?paipv=0&eav=AfZDKaOII3IDYXColWuMOo5E4DB2olMbgq9TBwO2cgEj_I4V-SUwJrCcPUcUkuusHzI&_rdr

I went in and grabbed a fall drink the other day.  I decided to try the Pumpkin Chai.  It was very good.  They use a chai mix that I really enjoy, so I was pleased.  The flavors were very good.

I have been in to B's several times- my favorite sandwich is a barbeque wrap that they have. It is the Pork Pushover, it has a pickles, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, a sweet chili sauce with oil and vinegar.  It also has jalapenos- but I always have them leave those off.  It is a great wrap!

You can tell I always get the same sandwich when the owner makes the comment, you must like that one, it's all you get.  hahahaha. It is my favorite!  And I love that they have gluten free wraps too.

I also had a BBQ Chicken salad that was very good too. 

Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!

Davids Tea, Chocolate Chili Chai Latte, with Oat-ly Milk

I made this great chocolate chili chai latte a few days last week.  It was so good.  The chili does not overtake, but you do get the hot notes lingering at the back of your tongue.  The chocolate notes give it more of a hot coco feel.  But, it does have black tea in it.

I steeped the tea for 5 minutes.  And while I did that I frothed Oat-ly oat milk and added a little vanilla syrup to the milk.  It was so delicious. 

Oat-ly is one of the best oat milks I have found for frothing.  It really holds up and whips up.  It also has a great taste on it's own.  I enjoy it.

Psalm 96:3
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!